In theory, I believe the idea is that with owning a stock, you're actually a fractional owner of the company and thus your shares represent a...
I've never heard of buy-write in this context. I always assumed it was the same mechanically as a covered call, except as you mentioned, the...
Funny, I was just reading these responses (thanks again to everyone) and was about to ask something along these lines. Selling the np and then...
Interesting, thanks a lot. I think this would work well if I am authorized to write cash secured puts in that account. Definitely a lot more...
Thanks caveman, is there no situation where holding an issue with the intent of selling upside is advisable? In a nutshell, I grew this...
I'm looking for some advice on how best to start developing a model for writing covered calls. I have trimmed my holdings down in my registered...
No one is saying that its not possible to code a rule based system based on "contextual clues", but I believe that it must be extremely difficult....
I have to concur with surf here. When referring to a series of qualifying trades, and quantifying odds based on those trades, it may be misleading...
I don't think Mark Fisher and the ACD method have been mentioned yet.
Just flip over to the ACD thread, Mav can most certainly help you out regarding OR breakouts. ACD method's bread and butter :cool:
Hi Michael/Mav/CTD/Surf I've talked with several friends of mine and we are all very interested in enrolling in the combine (When Ninja is...
My guess is that evo is referring to having a trading company domiciled in a foreign country but not necessarily trading the native markets. The...
Myself included, which is why I'm very curious to hear an explanation outlining how someone could survive a decade trading with no edge due to an...
I'm curious about your 10 years of equities trading that I believe you stated in a prior post. Did you have quantifiable edges in stocks during...
Good point, maybe try a range chart as well. If that doesn't fill, most likely your feed. Edit: Just saw you're using IB so unfortunately no...
Try right clicking on your chart, open up data series and set "Type" to tick and "value" to 2000. Then on the same menu, go down to "Data" and...
You're too hard on yourself my friend! I've had the pleasure of working alongside some incredibly smart people (still do), but not all were fast...
Depending on your geography, you'll have some different options. For example I lived in an "energy" city and started as a nat- gas scheduler then...
So much truth in this!! THAT is going up on my office wall!
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